ChemCity, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sasol Chemical Industries, acts as a business incubator to facilitate the establishment of independent downstream SMME’s in the chemical and related sectors. By embarking on this socio-economic initiative Sasol has aligned itself with the two important national strategies of job creation and broad based BEE.
Since June 2004, a cumulative total of 85 enterprises/projects have been established/implemented with more than 1470 jobs created. ChemCity will accelerate its enterprise development activities which were predominantly focused on the chemical sector to now also include developing suppliers for Sasol and related or adjacent businesses.
For more information on ChemCity, please go to the following website
www.chemcity.co.za
BioPAD is a Biotechnology Regional Innovation Centre established by the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The centre was initiated in 2002 by a group of interested biotechnology stakeholders with the aim of boosting biotechnology development in the region. At the core of BioPAD¹s objectives was the implementation of the National Biotechnology Strategy of South Africa.
Bioventures is South Africa's first niche Biotechnology and Life Sciences Venture Capital Fund. Bioventures was formed during 2001 and began operations in January 2002. The Fund is managed by a company owned by the management team, Java Capital Holdings and Real Africa Holdings.
